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        <h1>Raul Mercado, Jr.</h1>

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        <h2>BS APPLIED MATHEMATICS</h2>
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              <h5>Work Experience</h5>
              
              
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                <div class="year">10/2011 - 8/2012</div>
            
             <h3>Adjunct Instructor, Developmental Math</h3>
             
              <h6>South Texas College, Rio Grande City, TX</h6>
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               <p>I taught various courses in basic mathematics  and algebra. I was responsible for delivering daily lectures and for creating  and administering exams. Also, I held office hours and volunteered at the  tutoring lab.</p>
              
            
            
            
              
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               <div class="year">2/2010 - 5/2010</div>
                <h3>Math Tutor, Learning Assistance Center</h3>
            
          		<h6>University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX</h6>
            
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<p>I tutored groups of students in introductory statistics and  in any other undergraduate mathematics courses ranging from developmental math  to abstract algebra and real analysis. </p>
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             <div class="year">9/2007 - 8/2009</div>
            <h3>Technician / Assistant Supervisor, CLE</h3>
            
            
            
           
            
            
            <h6>South Texas College, Rio Grande City, TX</h6>
            
            
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            <p>I was in charge of maintaining over 35 computers used in  the computer lab at the Center for Learning Excellence (CLE) tutoring lab.  Additionally, I assisted with the supervision of no less than 15  tutors per semester. Moreover, I mentored and  assisted tutors during peak times. I also developed an Access database to keep  information about the tutors organized that is still used today.</p>
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               <div class="year">8/2006 - 12/2012</div>
            <h3>Math Tutor, CLE</h3>
            
            
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            <h6>South Texas College, Rio Grande City, TX</h6>
            
            
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            <p>Initially, I tutored developmental math and college  algebra, but a few weeks after starting I was tutoring all math, chemistry,  physics, computer, Spanish, and English courses. Also, I was in charge of  training and mentoring other tutors and participated in over 40 trainings involving  all aspects of tutoring and communicating with others. After my first semester,  I earned my College Reading and Learning Association tutor certification level  1.</p>
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                <div class="year">4/2006 - 8/2006</div>
            <h3>Photo Lab Associate / Cashier</h3>
            
            
            
           
            
            
            <h6>Riverview Family Center, Roma, TX</h6>
            
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            <p>Operated and maintained machines used to print both analog  and digital photographs. I took it upon myself to troubleshoot these machines  and computers when they malfunctioned, and as such, the business (a medium  sized store with photo services) never had to resort to a technician. During  peak times, I was also a cashier.</p>
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               <h5>Research Experience</h5>
             
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                <div class="year">1/2011 - 4/2011</div>
                <h3>DOD Fellow</h3>
                <h6>University of Texas - Pan American, Department of Defense<br>
                  Mentor: Dr. Zhijun Qiao
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                <p>Applications of partial differential equations dominate the  fields of engineering and science – in specific, in the study of radar image  reconstruction. In this research project, Fourier transforms are applied to  different signals and simulations are done in Matlab with the goal of  discovering more efficient means of reconstructing data obtained from radar.</p>
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                <div class="year">6/2010 - 8/2010</div>
                <h3>LSAMP Fellow</h3>
                <h6>University of Texas - Pan American, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)<br>
                  Mentor: Dr. Sean Lawton
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                <p>A spherical line, or a chain in S2, is a maximal  path on S2 where the distance between any two points on the path is  measured along the arc. To gain more a more concrete understanding of what  spherical chains are, chains are analyzed and categorized topologically and  then compared to previously known results. If after comparison a known topology  is found to be homeomorphic to the topology of the chains, one can then begin  to describe what they look like. </p>
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                 <div class="year">4/2011 - 8/2012</div>
                 <h3>Undergraduate Senior Project</h3>
                 <h6>South Texas College, Rio Grande City, TX</h6>
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                 <p>An integer may be written in different ways as a sum of positive integers, each called a partition. In this project, restrictions are placed on partitions and then investigated. Correspondences between previously unrelated partitions reveal a beautiful structure intrinsic to the integers. Such correspondences are studied via Ferrer and Young Diagrams, generating functions, and other combinatorial methods, as well as by using the Mathematica software.</p>
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               <h6 class="bold">Masters of Science, Mathematical Sciences</h6>
              
              
              <p>University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX<br>
                Expected Graduation: August 2013
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               <h6 class="bold">Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics</h6>
              
              
              <p>University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX<br>
                Graduation: August 2010</p>
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              <h6 class="bold">Associate of Arts, Spanish</h6>
              <p>South Texas College, McAllen, TX<br>
                Graduation: May 2008</p>
              
              
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